A Deficit That Changes by the Day The budget be lying on its deficit. Whatever you do, don’t ask the budget how big its deficit is. It’ll tell you anything.…
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Willard vs. Boyd: Voting Opens With a Finance Firestorm
Willard vs. Boyd: What changed in a week Early voting started with a bang. Voters opened their phones and saw finance posts about Delisha Boyd. The story spread fast. It…
A Little Too Early Predictions for the Upcoming New Orleans Elections
The New Orleans municipal races are starting to pick up steam. Mailers are arriving, TV and radio ads are growing louder, and voters are beginning to pay closer attention. Multiple…
The Mayor, The President, The What The F*CK Is Going On With This Country
Broke City, Broken Politics Let’s play a game of word association; aka connotations. I’m going to type a word or phrase, then associate it. In the comments, you can tell…
The Mayoral Election: Will Somebody Take The Damn Gloves Off, Please!
The Season Turns, But the Lead Holds Finally, it’s here. The moment you’ve been waiting for. September. Post Labor Day. You know what that means. It’s time for the gloves…
Indictments and the Black Vote: Timing as a Weapon in New Orleans
A Gavel Aimed at the Voter’s Mind Mayor LaToya Cantrell cannot run again. She is term-limited. Still the US Attorney dropped an indictment just weeks before the next election. The…
New Orleans Mayoral Race 2025: Black Power at Stake
From Our Friends at The New Orleans Tribune Unity or Division: What’s at Stake in the New Orleans Mayoral Race When are we going to get our stuff together? Why…
Jeff Landry’s National Guard Stunt Exposes His Weakness
Governor Jeff Landry ran for office promising to be tough on crime. He aired racially charged campaign ads that painted New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Black parishes as hotbeds of…
Do We Really Need National Guard Troops in New Orleans?
President Trump has threatened to send National Guard troops into New Orleans. Governor Jeff Landry has welcomed the idea. But do we really need soldiers on our streets? Crime Is…
When Good Trouble Becomes Bad News: A New Column Born from the Fire
by Dr. Kyshun Webster I know what it feels like to have your life’s work twisted into a weapon against you. Twice, I’ve watched as my commitment to equity and…